Yet another s/o of the nail polish stuff

soon2Bkranz

This is a article that tells the history of pink vs blue...pretty interesting

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/When-Did-Girls-Start-Wearing-Pink.html

Mrs.BoomBoom

wow, that is interesting!  I can think of other reasons for the history but interesting to think about (and interesting about how recent blue/pink is)

jsugrin

I missed the whole nail polish thing, damn I had to go and start feeling better right when something actually happens around here. but I just went back to read the OP.

That is a really interesting article, even reading it I wondered "ok so why dresses for boys until 6 or 7?".  I'm sure that from that era there is a practical reason, like boys started working the farm then or something but I wish they would have shared what prompted the change at that age.  I found it fascinating though that there was a time of thought that pink was better for boys and blue for girls, who knew?  

The fact that things have become so entrenched in such a short time really drive home for me the power of popular thought and how much people are swayed by it.